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ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.comTue, 31 Mar 2015 20:54:32 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: bbbbwindowshttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/08/16/bruce-arians-doesnt-see-the-dominance-of-the-49ers-and-seahawks/#comment-2726259
Sat, 17 Aug 2013 18:47:26 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2203272#comment-2726259Ariams has a better team this year than he had last year. Since he left Pittsburgh Ben has been awful.
He has an excellent chance to win his division. I agree with him. The 49ers haven’ dominated anything and have been soundly beaten by Balt. in each if the last 2 seasons.
Both Sea and SF depend on running, inexperienced QB’s who have a better than even chance not to finish the season.
Both have already suffered major preseason losses to injury.
Any team with a defense as good as AZ has a chance to win every game.
In the NFC I think it looks more like this:
1. Atlanta
2. Sea
3. Az
4.Green Bay
5. Wash
6.SF
7. St Louis
8. Dallas
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Sat, 17 Aug 2013 00:17:09 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2203272#comment-2725273stop the ignorance seahags with one bad game. they also lost to the cards last year which does not say much with our qb and oline problems last year. way different team this year I cant wait.
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Fri, 16 Aug 2013 21:31:29 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2203272#comment-2725045Seattle fans crack me up. You had a decent season last year cause half your players eere wacked out on adderall lol. I think they’re an competitive team. Lets see if Russell and kapernick have sophmore slumps. Rams nation 2013.
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Fri, 16 Aug 2013 20:42:45 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2203272#comment-2724951Every year….someone predicted to dominate a division ends up sniffing the rear. Both the 9ers & Hawks have roster problems. I wouldn’t exactly call done…they still have to suit up every Sunday!
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Fri, 16 Aug 2013 20:34:29 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2203272#comment-27249304-0 to 0-12 last year. All I’m sayin’.
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Fri, 16 Aug 2013 20:06:10 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2203272#comment-2724862It’s only pre season but Palmer did look good against the packers starters and correct me if I’m wrong by the 49ers played the Rams twice last year … Did they win any of those games?

Right now the NFC is loaded with strong teams anyone of the nfc teams has a shot at the playoffs because they play each other so many times. 49ers play Seahawks twice, packers, falcons … hello when 2 top teams Play … one of them has to lose. I can see a 9-7 nfc team making the playoff.

This is the NFL on any given Sunday anyone can beat anyone especially if you get help from the refs.

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Fri, 16 Aug 2013 19:27:51 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2203272#comment-2724778Why does everyone believe the Cardinals defense will pickup where it left off? Their prized coaching possession Ray Horton was let go. and replaced by Todd Bowles. The guy who did worse coordinating defense than Juan Castillo. So while no doubt Carson is an upgrade over their joke(s) of a QB last year. They still have yet to prove their oline doesnt resemble 5 turnstiles. They still have a very a questionable run game. And the defense is a huge question mark. But I guess being realistic is out of the question.
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Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:51:28 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2203272#comment-2724693I love people bringing up what happened last year with a different coach and QB in place (that btw was leading the division before that horrible QB got hurt nonetheless). Nobody is dominant in today’s NFL, otherwise, we wouldn’t have had a different Super Bowl champion every year since 2004 or had as much turnover in playoff teams as we do every year.

But keep talking about last year, that’s the quickest way to guarantee that your team is going to lose this year if they’re thinking the same way.

It’s one of the best things that Bill Bellichick doesn’t let his guys do, and he’s had a little bit of success over the past dozen years or so I’d say.

Seattle did not run up the score in that game. The Cardinals fumbled a punt for a TD and threw a pick six in the second quarter. In the second half, Seattle pulled the starters, and backup RB Robert Turbin STILL had over 100 yards.

That wasn’t running up the score, that was one team more or less completely quitting on the game, and the other team going through the motions and still scoring anyway.

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Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:26:15 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2203272#comment-2724639I don’t even need to read the article and I love it because I love me some Bruce Arians . He is one of the last true , non-p.c. coaches in the league. Go Bruce and never change no matter what!!!
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Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:04:02 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2203272#comment-2724593I’m not saying they didn’t earn the hype, I’m saying as a whole Seattle and San Fran aren’t the only ones who got stronger and you can’t dismiss what Arizona and St Louis did too by just saying the division is coming down to just Seattle and San Fran, the divison is going to be tough. You can’t just look at last year, you look at the last few and look for trends, all 4 teams have been up and down the last 5 years. All 4 seem to be trending up not just 2.
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Fri, 16 Aug 2013 17:52:24 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2203272#comment-2724570Maybe he should get “football on his phone”.
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Fri, 16 Aug 2013 17:46:00 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2203272#comment-2724559What was the score last time u played Seattle ?
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Fri, 16 Aug 2013 17:44:33 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2203272#comment-2724557As a 49ers fan, I don’t want my team believing that they’re “dominant” – Humble hearts, men, humble hearts. There’s work to do.
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Fri, 16 Aug 2013 17:44:27 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2203272#comment-2724556Sorry, Romy1977, we’re talking about current events, not what happened in the past. The reason there’s so much hype around the 49ers and Seahawks is because of how they ended the season last season and the pieces they’ve added since then. The Seahawks were the most dominant team the last 6 weeks or so of last season. They got stronger over offseason. So, you can keep worrying about what happened in 2008, but don’t act like the 9ers and Seahawks didn’t earn the hype they’re now getting.
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Fri, 16 Aug 2013 17:15:06 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2203272#comment-2724487to infectorman:

I’ll wake you with this, name me another division that has sent all 4 of their teams to the Superbowl in the last 12 years, oh wait you can’t beacause there isn’t one.

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Fri, 16 Aug 2013 17:07:31 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2203272#comment-2724474Also Playoff wins for each team in the division since 2008

Arizona-4
San Francisco-4
Seattle-2
St Louis-0

Looks like domination to me

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Fri, 16 Aug 2013 17:04:45 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2203272#comment-2724468Since 2001, all 4 NFC West teams have had a trip to the Superbowl and all 4 have lost.

Wake me when they win something

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Fri, 16 Aug 2013 17:03:28 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2203272#comment-2724465It’s the right attitude and like others have said what’s he supposed to say?

“Game over man, GAME OVER! What are we going to do now?”

The entire division will be pretty competitive this year with no doormats but Cards are still the 4th best team in it.

1)They don’t travel well and know how to win on the road.
2) Lil Russell will be figured out this season. He surprised many but that is now over.
3) It’s the seahawks after all we’re talking about.

The 49ers should still be in control.

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Fri, 16 Aug 2013 17:00:11 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2203272#comment-2724457Also, rumor has it that Bruce’s philosophy is that a team has to beat the Cardinals by 65 points before the word “dominance” can be thrown around. Not the measly 58 that the Seahawks beat them by last year.
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Fri, 16 Aug 2013 16:58:18 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2203272#comment-2724453Apparently Bruce is ready to go public with the fact that he doesn’t watch divisional opponents’ tape from the prior year. Not sure that’s a good way to enter a new job.
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Fri, 16 Aug 2013 16:41:50 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2203272#comment-2724422Bruce, if you don’t “see the dominance” of the 49ers and Seahawks, you really need to get to your optometrist and have your vision checked.

The Niners didn’t create the dominant team they have overnight, it took from 2007(Patrick Willis drafting) to 2012. Having Gore, Vernon Davis, A Smith, etc. prior to this helped but the vast majority was done after 2007 to refine and solidify what you see today. That’s over 4 years Bruce.

Anyone(including Arians) that thinks the Cardinals have a chance at being dominant overnight based off what they did in the offseason is going to be seriously disappointed. These things take time.

Sorry, but the truth hurts….

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Fri, 16 Aug 2013 16:37:31 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2203272#comment-2724417Seahag fans are unbelieveable, what have they done more than the Cardinals in the last 5 years? Try nothing, the Cardinals have won the divison twice (08, 09) and been to a Superbowl they almost won. The Seahags won the divison in ’10 but at 7-9. So to say they are so much better is a bit far-fetched, can’t wait for them to come to Arizona in October and get served a nice big cold dish of revenge for running up the score last year.
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Fri, 16 Aug 2013 16:33:53 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2203272#comment-2724413This division will be won on games played outside the division not inside the division IMO. I could see any of these teams taking at least 1 game from each other. The Hawks struggled on the road last year and the Rams and Niners lost a few games that on paper they should have won. I don’t see the Cards winning the division by any stretch but I don’t think they are as far off as many people think.
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Fri, 16 Aug 2013 16:26:36 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2203272#comment-2724401If you can’t see the dominance, I think you need some stronger glasses Bruce
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Fri, 16 Aug 2013 16:26:14 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2203272#comment-2724399@bigbaldpapahawk…. agreed.

As for Coach Arians…. I don’t see the big deal here. Of course he doesn’t wanna cede the division to the 9ers or ‘Hawks. To think he would is just plain silly. I’ve always said “division plays tough”. I expect the division games to be very competitive and the main difference being who can go on the road and beat the tough teams.

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Fri, 16 Aug 2013 16:25:13 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2203272#comment-2724396Bwahahahaha……thanks for the laugh Bruce. Carson is an upgrade. He is NOT Colin or Russell. I appreciate the spunk Bruce, but you will have your hands more than full to stay out of last place. As a Seahawk fan, I know this is going to be a war with the FortyWhiners, but St. Louis will be no slouch.